Two changes to Stormers for Lions match

DHL Western Province Stormers coach, Allister Coetzee, has announced his team who will take on the Emirates Golden Lions for their third Super Rugby match at the Ellis Park on Saturday afternoon.

Lock Rynhardt Elstadt broke his fibular during the match against the Blues last weekend and will be replaced by Nizaam Carr.

Coetzee has named Bongi Mbonambi at hooker, ahead of Scarra Ntubeni, which is the only other change the coach has made to his team.

The Stormers have won both of their Super Rugby matches thus far, with Wing Dillyn Leyds saying that the team wants to keep the confidence and not get ahead of themselves this early in the competition.

“The belief is growing in the team. We are a young bunch of guys so the more games down we get the more confidence we’ll get in each other and in ourselves. So I think as the season goes on we’ll see what happens and it can only be good for us once we start getting a good feeling amongst us by believing in ourselves and in our team mates,” Leyds said.

Toyota Free State Cheetahs fullback, Willie le Roux, has said that there currently is good energy within his team, who are preparing for their fourth 2015 Super Rugby match against the Vodacom Blue Bulls at the Free State Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The Emirates Golden Lions Rugby Union has let former Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Madibaz coach, Brent Janse van Rensburg, out of his current contract in order for him to join the Eastern Province Kings as their defence coach.

Emirates Golden Lions coach, Johan Ackermann, has made several changes to his team for the Super Rugby match against the DHL Western Province Stormers at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg on Saturday.

DHL Western Province Stormers captain, Duane Vermeulen, has said that he is very happy with the way his team performed in their second Super Rugby match against the Blues at Newlands this past weekend, where they won 27-16.